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It appears , in all his writings , that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities , a lofty and steady confidence in himself , perhaps not without some contempt of others ; for scarcely any man ever wrote so much , and praised so ...
It appears , in all his writings , that he had the usual concomitant of great abilities , a lofty and steady confidence in himself , perhaps not without some contempt of others ; for scarcely any man ever wrote so much , and praised so ...
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It must have . happened between 1707 , when he wrote to Pope ; and 1711 , when Pope praised him in his Essay . The epitaph makes him forty - six years old : if Wood's account be right , he died in 1709 .
It must have . happened between 1707 , when he wrote to Pope ; and 1711 , when Pope praised him in his Essay . The epitaph makes him forty - six years old : if Wood's account be right , he died in 1709 .
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Here he wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's ...
Here he wrote Mully of Mountown , a poem ; by which , though fanciful readers in the pride of sagacity have given it a political interpretation , was meant originally no more than it expressed , as it was dictated only by the author's ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volume 83 of Oxford world's classics Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Arthur Waugh |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1906 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 493 pages |
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